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Libinput 1.19 Released With Hold Gestures & High Resolution Wheel Scrolling

Phoronix - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 17:42
Libinput 1.19 is now available as the newest version of this Linux input handling library commonly used these days by both X.Org and Wayland desktops...

9 underrated responsibilities of an open source community manager

opensource.com - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 15:01

Open source communities don’t just happen. They require work. Sometimes the technical interest in an open source project is enough to attract a group of people to get involved.


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Linux 5.15 Raises Its GCC Compiler Version Requirement

Phoronix - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 15:00
While Linux 5.15-rc1 was released on Sunday with its many changes, landing on Monday was a late change to raise the baseline GCC version requirement for building the Linux kernel...

Introducing Red Hat Weekly News

Red Hat News - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 12:00

It's not always easy to keep up with everything that's going on at Red Hat. That's why we're introducing Red Hat Weekly News, a one-stop shop to check in on the latest news from Red Hat as published across our newsroom, blogs, podcasts, videos, customer portal and much more.

The Open RAN ecosystem: How Red Hat and partners support NTT DOCOMO to deliver the Open RAN vision

Red Hat News - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 12:00

NTT DOCOMO has published a comprehensive, "5G Open RAN Ecosystem Whitepaper" describing the Open Radio Access Network (RAN) Ecosystem - OREC project in detail.  Honore LaBourdette, Vice President, Telecom Media & Entertainment Industry at Red Hat and Sadayuki Abeta, Vice President & General Manager of the Radio Access Network Development Department at NTT DOCOMO, had a joint interview with Telecom TV that explains how the OREC project can accelerate Open RAN and can help 5G intelligent RAN deployment. 

Mesa Lands Option That Can Help XWayland-Based Gaming On The Steam Deck

Phoronix - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 08:48
Mesa 21.3 today landed a debug option that can help with the XWayland-based gaming performance around latency and for power management as well...

Intel Posts Initial Code For x86 User Interrupts On Linux - Shows Great Performance Potential

Phoronix - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 04:38
In addition to the big Advanced Matrix Extensions support still being in flux and the kernel-side AMX code not yet being merged, another feature of next year's Xeon "Sapphire Rapids" that we are only now seeing in early published form for the Linux kernel is handling of x86 user interrupts...

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